Samsung will take counter-actions to Apple lawsuit

We were a little bit shocked when Apple sued Samsung over the Galaxy S and Galaxy Tab lineup because Samsung is a key component provider for the iOS company but you can be sure that Samsung isn’t going to take the lawsuit lying down. Samsung said it will “respond actively” to the legal actions.

“Apple is one of our key buyers of semiconductors and display panels. However, we have no choice but respond strongly this time,” an unidentified official said, according to Yahoo News.

Apple was very clear in its belief that Samsung was ripping it off when it filed the lawsuit:

This isn’t the first time that Apple is trying to slam the legal hammer on an Android-heavy company, as it has also sued HTC over its devices with Google’s mobile platform.

Samsung has a ton of experience in the mobile business and I’m sure it has a wealth of patents to bring back at Apple if it chooses to. This may also lead to some stricter negotiations when it comes to components, too.

As smartphones become a major force in computing, we’re seeing mobile patent lawsuits explode. Every major company is either suing another company or being sued over some patent violations. In general, these cases just lead to a licensing agreement after years and years in court.

The Apple, Samsung lawsuit will likely lead to a counter-suit and we’ll be debating the merits of these for years to come while lawyers get rich. I would much rather compare the Samsung Galaxy S2 merits against the upcoming iPhone 5.

Crapple is bluffing. These so called “patents” rarely hold up in court – apple has no engineers and very few educated people. They usually see another company like Nokia, Sony, HP, Samsung, Google or a startup show off some conceptual technology at an Expo event and quickly write up a patent on it claiming it as their own. It is usually something extremely rudimentary and obvious. Coming up next: Apple’s patent on the “Wheel”.

Mat

If they stopped all this nonsense maybe we could get great products for less instead of paying huge premiums so they can waste time in courts over nothing. piss off.